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Welcome! Here’s How it Works…

October 29, 2018

Welcome to the Detroit Punk Archive! This site aims to tell the stories of the bands in the scene that started just before and around Bookie’s Club 870 in early 1978. The site is broken up into THREE main sections: BANDS, VENUES, and MEDIA:  The BANDS section features pages on the various groups that started […]

UPDATE: DECEMBER 28th, 2022

December 28, 2022

All the best for 2023 and beyond to you. But, before we close out the year, I thought I’d share a few things that I added to the archive. NEWLY TRANSFERED SOUND SUPER 8mm FILM from BOOKIE’S!  Terry Murphy recently shared some footage on his Vimeo site that includes live footage of Sonic’s Rendezvous Band, […]

UPDATE: DECEMBER 18th, 2022

December 18, 2022

Hello Friends, Today’s Detroit Free Press – in print and online – features a story about the importance of the Bookie’s punk rock scene. I wrote it because my friend, great Detroit historian and journalist, Bill McGraw asked me to contribute to his on-gong Detroit history column in the paper. Here’s a link (it is […]

UPDATE – OCTOBER 25th, 2022

October 25, 2022

It’s been a while since my last update. Big news is expected soon on a few fronts. In the meantime, a short documentary from the WTVS – Detroit Public TV – program One Detroit just posted last night about “Detroit’s punk rock history at the All-Star Garage Rock Punk Revue”. Take a look – you […]

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